CBS Information’ 60 Minutes ended this night with a phase on the shock departure of govt producer Bill Owens, a transfer that has drawn an excessive amount of consternation within the information division over what’s forward with father or mother firm Paramount Global‘s efforts to merge with Skydance.
“Tales we pursued for 57 years are sometimes controversial — these days the Israel-Gaza warfare and the Trump administration,” correspondent Scott Pelley informed viewers. “Invoice made positive they had been correct and truthful. He was powerful that means, however our father or mother firm Paramount is attempting to finish a merger. The Trump administration should approve it. Paramount started to oversee our content material in new methods. None of our tales has been blocked, however Invoice felt he had misplaced the independence that trustworthy journalism requires.”
Pelley added, “Nobody right here is pleased about it, however in resigning, Invoice proved one factor: he was the proper individual to steer 60 Minutes all alongside.”
Owens introduced his exit final week, telling staffers that he misplaced the power to make “impartial choices” concerning the present.
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